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If thou wilt make a man happy,
by Epicurus

If thou wilt make a man happy,
add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
- Epicurus

Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession
as they torment us with their loss.
- Epicurus

Skillful pilots gain their reputation
from storms and tempest.
- Epicurus

What we enjoy constitutes our abundance.
- Epicurus

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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
- Epicurus

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us,
as the confidence of their help.
- Epicurus

Not what we have,
but what we enjoy,
constitutes our abundance.
- Epicurus

Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength
which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there.
- Marcus Aurelius

This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
- William Shakespeare

Choose a friend as thou dost a wife,
till death separate you.
- William Penn

Know thyself, and thou shalt know the Universe and God.
- Pythagoras

Most people consider the course of events as natural and inevitable.
They little know what radical change are possible through prayer.
Every morning I offer my body, my mind and any ability that I posses,
to be used by Thee, O infinite creator,
in whatever way Thou dost choose to express Thyself through me.
I know that all work is Thy work, and that no task is too difficult
or too menial when offered to Thee in loving service.
- Paramahansa Yogananda

Tell me what company thou keepst,
and I'll tell thee what thou art.
- Miguel de Cervantes

Be slow to fall into friendship;
but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
- Socrates

I offer my body, my mind
and any ability that I posses,
to be used by Thee, O Infinite Creator,
in whatever way Thou dost choose
to express Thyself through me.
I know that all work is Thy work,
and that no task is too difficult
or too menial when offered
to Thee in loving service.
- Paramahansa Yogananda

Thou canst not then be false to any man.
- William Shakespeare

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time,
for that is the stuff that life is made of.
- Benjamin Franklin

Does thou love life? Then do not squander time;
for that's the stuff life is made of.
- Benjamin Franklin

Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough,
A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse - and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness -
And Wilderness is Paradise enow.
- Omar Khayyam

Soon we'll be out amid the cold world's strife.
Soon we'll be sliding down the razor blade of life.
But as we go our sordid sep'rate ways,
We shall ne'er forget thee, thou golden college days.
Hearts full of youth,
Hearts full of truth,
Six parts gin to one part vermouth.
- Tom Lehrer - song: Bright College Days,
album: An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer

Love Your Enemies
Ye have heard that it hath been said,
Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.
But I say unto you, Love your enemies,
bless them that curse you,
do good to them that hate you,
and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.
- Jesus of Nazareth (Matthew 5:43-44)

You don't have the power to make life "fair,"
but you do have the power to make life joyful.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

What we think, we become.
All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts, we make the world.
- The Buddha

Love one another but make not a bond of love.
Let it rather be a moving sea
between the shores of your souls.
- Khalil Gibran

If (s)he's an apple and you're an orange,
celebrate your differences -
make a great fruit salad.
Love isn't about being the same -
it's about being sweet with each other.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The greatest mistake you can make in life
is to be continually fearing you will make one.
- Elbert Hubbard

When life gives you lemons, Make Lemonade.
- Anonymous saying

Curiosity takes courage.
The most important promises are the ones you make to yourself.
Pay Attention.
Appreciate. Listen. Imagine.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Circumstance does not make the man: it reveals him to himself.
- James Allen

If you want to make peace with your enemy,
you have to work with your enemy.
Then he becomes your partner.
- Nelson Mandela

Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.
- Abraham Lincoln

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Circumstances make man, not man circumstances.
- Mark Twain

We will either find a way or make one.
- Hannibal

I Make Free-Will Choices.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Am I not destroying my enemies
when I make friends of them?
- Abraham Lincoln

If the world is cold, make it your business to build fires.
- Horace Traubel

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

I make friends with my fear. I am unstoppable.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

People are just as happy
as they make up their minds to be.
- Abraham Lincoln

No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy -
unless you let him.
- Napoleon Hill

When you make a world tolerable for yourself,
you make a world tolerable for others.
- Anais Nin

Make the best use of what is in your power,
and take the rest as it happens.
- Epictetus

Whoever is happy will make others happy too.
- Anne Frank

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
- St. Francis of Assisi

Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose.
- Leonardo da Vinci

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

The only one who can make you give up is yourself.
- Sidney Sheldon

Get over it - Life isn't Supposed to be fair.
You don't have the power to make life "fair,"
but you do have the power to make life joyful.
Get over yourself, and be of service to others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
- St Francis of Assisi

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves,
Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.
- Marianne Williamson

Great people are those who make others feel
that they, too, can become great.
- Mark Twain

The best way to destroy an enemy
is to make him a friend.
- Abraham Lincoln

You are never given a wish without also
being given the power to make it true.
You may have to work for it, however.
- Richard Bach

Things turn out best for the people
who make the best of the way things turn out.
- Art Linkletter

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions.
All life is an experiment.
The more experiments you make the better.
What if they are a little coarse,
and you may get your coat soiled or torn?
What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled
in the dirt once or twice.
Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

We make a living by what we get.
We make a life by what we give.
- Winston Churchill

Trust yourself. Only you can live your life.
Only you can taste your victories.
Only you can suffer the sting of your defeats.
Make your own choices, and accept your own consequences -
for better or worse.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Many hands make light work.
- Proverb

Our life is what our thoughts make it.
- Marcus Aurelius

Believe you can - and then make it happen.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The trick is in what one emphasizes.
We either make ourselves miserable,
or we make ourselves happy.
The amount of work is the same.
- Carlos Castaneda

What do we live for, if it is not
to make life less difficult for each other?
- George Eliot

You can conquer almost any fear
if you will only make up your mind to do so.
For remember, fear doesn't exist
anywhere except in the mind.
- Dale Carnegie

Don't make assumptions.
- don Miguel Ruiz

Life is what you make it.
- Anonymous

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

From what we get, we can make a living:
what we give, however makes a life.
- Arthur Ashe

Every decision you make ...
is a decision about Who You Are.
- Neale Donald Walsch

Two little words that can make the difference: START NOW.
- Mary C. Crowley

Inner peace is a choice -
make that choice today.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

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If thou wilt make a man happy,
by Epicurus